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CHAP. 9.—THE DODECATHEOS: ONE REMEDY.

The plant next in esteem to moly, is that called dodecatheos,1 it being looked upon as under the especial tutelage of all the superior gods.2 Taken in water, it is a cure,
they say, for maladies of every kind. The leaves of it, seven
in number, and very similar to those of the lettuce, spring
from a yellow root.

2 Generally identified with the Primula vulgaris or officinalis of Lin-
næus. Its leaves, however, are of varying number, and not like those of
the lettuce. The Dodecatheos Meadia, or Virginian cowslip, it must be
remembered, is an American plant.

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